Kelly is the representative for Mississippi’s 1st congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jun 9, 2015. Kelly is next up for reelection in 2020.
![Photo of Rep. Trent Kelly [R-MS1]](/static/legislator-photos/412673-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Kelly.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Kelly is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Kelly has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jun 14, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Trent Kelly sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Armed Services
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Military Personnel
- Member, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
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House Committee on Agriculture
- Member, Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry
- Member, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture
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House Committee on Small Business
- Member, Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and Regulations
- Member, Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture, Trade and Entrepreneurship
Enacted Legislation
Kelly was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Kelly sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (55%) Commerce (27%) Government Operations and Politics (18%)
Recent Bills
Some of Kelly’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 3319: To streamline the application process for H-2A employers and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1919: DEER Act
- H.R. 1615: VA-SBA Act
- H.Res. 107: SFC Sean Cooley and SPC Christopher Horton Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship Program ...
- H.R. 1017: To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense ...
- H.R. 815: Pay our Homeland Heroes Act
- H.Res. 82: Establishing the Congressional Gold Star Fellowship Program for the placement in offices of ...
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jun 2015 to Jun 2019, Kelly missed 40 of 2,582 roll call votes, which is 1.5%. This is on par with the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
